Michael
Two calamitous own goals from Leicester City defender Wout Faes allowed Liverpool to come from behind and win 2-1 in their Premier League clash at Anfield on Friday. The Reds failing to scoring a single goal for themselves in this home win.
The victory makes four in a row for Liverpool (28 points – 6th place), who now find themselves just two points behind Tottenham for 4th. Leicester (17 points), meanwhile, remain 13th, just four points above 18th-place Wolves and the relegation zone.
Leicester took an early lead after just four minutes. The Foxes went direct on the left wing and quickly cut through Liverpool’s midfield and defense with a quick passing sequence between Patson Daka and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, the scorer.
Wout Faes’ first own goal leveled things up in the 38th minute, as he badly mishit an attempted clearance of Trent Alexander-Arnold’s cross. Instead, the Belgian defender sent the ball looping high in the air, over the head of goalkeeper Danny Ward, just under the crossbar and just inside the far post for a thoroughly painful own goal.
Seven minutes later, Faes put the ball into his own net again, and the way it played out wasn’t any less painful to watch. Darwin Nunez lifted the ball over Ward but only found the front face of the far post. The ball bounced back into play, into Faes’ path about two yards off the goal line. In a rushed attempt to clear the ball, Faes hammered it into the ceiling of the net and sent Anfield into raptures once again.
Liverpool looked back to their best for large spells of the win against Villa but there are still a few defensive weaknesses which can be exposed.
EPL result: Liverpool 2-1 Leicester City
Next game is Brentford Friday, Monday, 2 January 2023
